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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of direct moxibustion on nocturia. Methods: Thirty-one nocturia patients were treated with direct moxibustion. Results: After the treatments, the numbers of nocturia incidences were reduced. Conclusions: Direct moxibustion might be effective as a treatment for nocturia.

In post-stroke patients, the recurrence of stroke and progression of impairments lead to a bedridden state and dementia. As for their treatments, only anti-hypertension and anti-coagulation therapies to prevent the recurrence of stroke are available. In Asia, post-stroke patients with impairments are often treated with herbal medicine. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of tokishakuyakusan (TS) in improving the impairment and independence in post-stroke patients. Thirty-one post-stroke patients (mean age = 81.4 years) were recruited and enrolled. Participants were randomly assigned to the TS group (n = 16) or nontreatment (control) group (n = 15) and treated for 12 months. Impairments were assessed using the Stroke Impairment Assessment Set (SIAS). Independence was evaluated using the functional independence measure (FIM). For each outcome measure, mean change was calculated every 3 months. The results were that impairments according to SIAS did not significantly change in the TS group. In contrast, SIAS significantly worsened in the control group. There was a significant difference between the two groups. In each term of SIAS, affected lower extremity scores, abdominal muscle strength, function of visuospatial perception, and so forth. in the TS group were better than those in the control group. Independence according to FIM did not change significantly in the TS group. In contrast, FIM significantly worsened in the control group. There was also a significant difference between the two groups. In conclusion, TS was considered to suppress the impairments of lower limbs and to exert a favorable effect on cerebral function for post-stroke patients.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of traditional Korean medicine, including Gwaruhaebackbackju-tang and Gwaruhaebackbanha-tang, on idiopathic atypical chest pain.Method: Herbal medicine and acupuncture were carried out. NRS scores were used to evaluate the effect of the treatments. Results: After the treatments, the patients' chest pain improved, as the NRS score decreased. Conclusion: This study suggests that traditional Korean medicine treatments might be effective for idiopathic atypical chest pain. Ⅰ. 서 론 흉통이란 다양한 원인에 의해 가슴 부위에 나타 나는 통증을 말한다. 임상에서 흔하게 접할 수 있 는 증상 중 하나인데 그 원인에 따라 예리하게 찌 르는 듯한 통증, 죄는 듯한 통증, 타는 듯한 통증 등이 나타난다. 서양 의학에서는 흉통을 심장과 직 접적으로 관련이 있는 협심증, 급성심근경색증, 심 근 및 심낭의 질환 등과 심장과는 직접적으로 관 련이 없는 흉곽의 질환, 타박상, 담낭과 췌장의 질 환, 호흡기계, 식도 및 위장질환 등으로 구분한다. 한의학적으로는 心痛, 胸痞, 胸痺, 結胸, 胸脇痛, 胃 脘痛의 범주에 속한다 1 . 비정형 흉통이란 것은 협심증이 아니면서 협심 증과 유사한 가슴 통증을 호소하는 경우를 이르는 말로서 이를 Chambers, Crozier, Spalding 2-4 등은 심장에 원인이 있지 않은 흉통(noncardiac causes of chest pain), Sik, Batt 등 5 은 심근의 허혈에 의 하지 않은 흉통(chest pain not caused by myocardial ischemia)으로 정의하고 있다. 일반적으로 임상에 서는 비심장성 흉통의 가장 흔한 원인이 되는 위 식도 질환에 의해 발생하는 흉통 6 과 이외 원인을 알기 어려운 흉통에 같이 쓰이고 있다 7 .